News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Transactions at Sonali Bank and Standard Islami Bank will be temporarily suspended to facilitate updates to their core banking system software and databases. The Bangladesh Bank ann...
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Bangla Press Desk: Cold wave has intensified in the capital as winter tightened its grip, with the minimum temperature dropping to 12.7 degrees Celsius on Saturday. Residents of Dhaka experienced a sharp chill amid icy winds and dens...
Noman Sabit: Baby Naznin is a popular Bangladeshi singer. Known as the “Black Diamond,” she has long been a prominent figure not only in the cultural arena but also in political and social circles. Recently, she has once again come into the spotlight...
Bangla Press Desk: All the mobile phone stores across the country will remain shut for an indefinite period in protest against the NEIR roll-out, announced the Mobile Business Community Bangladesh (MBCB) on Friday.MBCB official Shamim Molla inf...
Bangla Press Desk: Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmeen S Murshid on Thursday paid a courtesy call on BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and expressed profound sorrow at the death of Begum Khaleda Zia.During the meetin...
Bangla Press Desk: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced eight journalists and social media commentators on Friday to life imprisonment in absentia after convicting them of terrorism-related offences linked to online activity in support of...
Bangla Press Desk: The nomination paper of Nagorik Oikya President Mahmudur Rahman Manna has been cancelled for the Bogra-2 (Shibganj) constituency.District Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner Md Taufiqur Rahman announced the decision at 3:30pm...
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Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said that the Awami League no longer enjoys public acceptance and that he sees no future for the party in Bangladesh’s political landscape.Speaking to journalists on Friday morning...
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Bangla Press Desk: Aminul Islam, a retired government official, never actively participated in politics. Yet he joined the funeral prayers of Khaleda Zia.Amid the sea of people on Manik Mia Avenue in Dhaka, the 68-year-old Islam said he had dev...
Bangla Press Desk: Ferry operations on the Paturia–Daulatdia river route resumed at around 10am on Friday after remaining suspended for seven hours due to dense fog.Two ferries anchored mid-river during the suspension safely reached the termina...
Bangla Press Desk: The story dates back to the very end of March 1971. As dusk fell, two military jeeps pulled up outside a guerrilla training camp in Sajek Valley in the Chittagong Hill Tracts — an area where fighters of the Mizo National Fron...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Islamic Foundation, an organisation under the Ministry of Religious Affairs, has said that special prayers will be offered in all mosques across the country on Friday for former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia.In a...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Army-led joint forces in separate drives across the country arrested 157 suspected criminals in the last eight days from 25 December 2025 to 1 January 2026.Various infantry divisions and independent briga...
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